Aoharu x Machinegun
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Cover of Aoharu x Kikanjū volume 1 by Square Enix
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青春×機関銃 (Aoharu x Kikanjū) |
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| Genre | Action, Comedy, Military (Airsoft) |
| Manga | |
| Written by | NAOE |
| Published by | Square Enix |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly GFantasy |
| Original run | January 2013 – present |
| Volumes | 9 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hideaki Nakano |
| Written by | Kenji Konuta |
| Music by | Asami Tachibana |
| Studio | Brain's Base |
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| Original network | TBS, MBS, CBC, TUT, BS-TBS, TBS Channel 1 |
| Original run | July 3, 2015 – September 18, 2015 |
| Episodes | 12 + 1 special |
Aoharu x Machinegun (Japanese: 青春×機関銃 Hepburn: Aoharu x Kikanjū?) is a Japanese manga series by NAOE, serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy since January 2013 and collected in seven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation was announced and began airing on July 3, 2015.
Hotaru is the Student Council President of her highschool and is known for her brute strength, good reflexes, and a strong sense of justice. She claims to not let "evil doers" get away with their evil deeds, and is often noted to enjoy picking fights for the sake of what's right. Early examples include her beating up a student who was extorting money from a helpless classmate, and desiring revenge after learning that her best friend, Kanae, was conned by a Host (later going after said host on her quest for justice). She is often mistaken as male due to her appearance. She is next door neighbors with Masamune. Hotaru uses illeism, referring to herself as "Tachibana".
Masamune works as a Host, and is responsible for introducing Hotaru to the world of "Survival Games". He, together with his childhood friend, Tooru, form an alliance called the "Toy ☆ Gun Gun Team". He is unaware of the fact that Hotaru is actually female. To repay the damages caused by Hotaru to the club at which he works at, he offers her the chance to become a member of his team. Because of his past, he has abandonment issues, which later cause him to kick Hotaru out of the team, fearing she will leave him like his former friends/teammates and mother did. However, after Hotaru helps him face his past through a one-on-one challenge, he lets her rejoin. After Hotaru rejoins the team he develops feelings for her, but struggles with them as he does not know that Hotaru is female. There was a moment in his past where, after being abandoned by his mother, he grew suicidal. Nagamasa introduced him to survival games to convince him to live on.
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